You have to be a fairly good speaker to ________ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. catch        B. hold           C. improve        D. attract

—What do you think about _________ dress in the shop window?

—Oh, it’s beautiful. Linda will be pleased if she can have it as _________ birthday present.

A. a; a            B. the; a            C. a; the             D. the; the

This bag is twice ______ weight of that one. You’d better carry ______ lighter one of the two.

       A. /; /                           B. a; the                       C. the; the                    D. the; a

“This is ______ most useful reference book,” a teacher from ______ European country told us in class.

       A. the; a                       B. a; 不填                    C. 不填; 不填             D. a; a

Everyone knows that ______ paper was invented by _______ Chinese.

   A. /; the                  B. the; a                      C. a; /                          D. a; a

All of __ sudden , I saw __ UFO with _____ alien in it flying in front of my house.

 A. the ; the   ; a          B a ; the ; a            C. a ; an ; an            D. a ; a ; an

Paris is________most beautiful city，where you can see_______famous Eiffel Tower．    

  A．a(chǎn)；the    B．a(chǎn)；不填     C．the；a     D．the；the

In          1860s, the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli was made          director of the Pompeii dig.

   A. the; 不填    B. the; the      C. 不填; 不填      D. 不填; the

We were sad to hear the news that _______ eight Chinese peacekeeping policemen were killed in ______ Haiti earthquake.  

A. the; /                   B. /; the                     C. the; a                   D. an; the

We were sad to hear the news that _______ eight Chinese peacekeeping policemen were killed in ______ Haiti earthquake.  

A. the; /                   B. /; the                     C. the; a                   D. an; the